Senior Network Architect — Data Center & Cloud

Nscale; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible PTO

Parental leave

Retirement plan

Job summary

Nscale is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to lead architecture, design, and operation of high-performance network infrastructure across data centers and cloud environments. You will serve as a senior technical authority, partnering with multiple teams to solve complex networking challenges and guide the evolution of our infrastructure platforms.

The role demands a strong technical leadership mindset, hands-on oversight, and the ability to mentor engineers while driving strategic decisions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years designing and operating large-scale network infrastructure.
• Expert-level knowledge of networking protocols including BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, TCP/IP, and IPv4/IPv6.
• Willingness to travel approximately 50% and participate in on-call rotations.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, deployment, and operation of large-scale network infrastructure across data center and cloud environments.
• Define and drive technical strategy for core networking systems and infrastructure platforms.
• Own architectural decisions across routing, switching, transport, and overlay networking technologies (VXLAN, EVPN).
• Design highly available, scalable, and resilient network systems supporting mission-critical services.
• Diagnose and resolve complex, cross-layer networking issues spanning hardware, software, systems, and infrastructure domains.
• Drive network automation, observability, and operational tooling initiatives to improve reliability and efficiency.
• Establish and evolve network architecture standards, operational best practices, and engineering processes.
• Partner cross-functionally with platform, systems, hardware, and operations teams to deliver end-to-end infrastructure solutions.
• Lead technical reviews and guide long-term network infrastructure roadmap planning.
• Mentor senior and staff-level engineers while elevating technical standards across the organization.
• Drive operational excellence and reliability initiatives, including continuous improvement of production support processes.

Skills

BGP

OSPF

EVPN

VXLAN

MPLS

IP Routing

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Python scripting

Job description

Nscale is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to lead architecture, design, and operation of high-performance network infrastructure across data centers and cloud environments. You will serve as a senior technical authority, partnering with multiple teams to solve complex networking challenges and guide the evolution of our infrastructure platforms.

The role demands a strong technical leadership mindset, hands-on oversight, and the ability to mentor engineers while driving strategic decisions.